Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,282, William Foster, Continental (N.Y.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (N.Y.)
Foster, William Phebe
pk 19282
CONTENTS

8256 New York
William Foster of Steuben in the State of N. York who was a Private of Early in the Conjuring command. by Captain Pike of the Regt. command. by Col. Mclan in the New York time for 2 Years — — — — —
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 100 Dollars — Each per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of March 1833 — — — — — and See Mr. D. Crouger Albany
Arrears to the 4th of Apr. 1833 $ 200 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sep '33 50 $ 250
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Geo. C. Steele Clerk Book 8. Vol. 4. Page 19.

In Matter of William Foster Pension Application
Declaration
found on final settlement certificates - admd
2 years adm. pri. Cavalry
1908

State of New York
Stephen Govey is on the 17 th day of October in the year 1832 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting William Foster aged sixty six years, a resident of the Town of Pulteney in the said County who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832. —
That he enlisted into the Army of the United States and as he thinks in the year 1780 but what season of the year, or whether in that year, he cannot say, as he was then but a youth, at Bedford in the Westchester County and State of New York, where he then resided into a Company of Dragoons commanded by Capt. Zebulon Pike, at which time he received from said Pike one dollar. He either enlisted for three years or during the war, but which he cannot remember. He at first undertook to learn to blow the trumpet but had not wind enough; was then taken by Captain Pike as a waiter, don't remember the names of the Company officers, except the Captain. The Company belonged to a Regiment of Dragoons commanded by Col. Milan - remember the names of Capt. Craig, Lieut. Overton, Lieut. Payton - Riding Master Thompson. The first winter after he entered the service they quartered at Colchester in New England - He cannot recollect any event distinctly until the summer of 1782. Laid that summer at Lancaster in Pennsylvania and remained there during the winter and was discharged in June 1783 at Lancaster, in Pennsylvania, don't recollect who signed his discharge; has lost it. Don't recollect of ever being in an engagement. Was frequently employed to attend upon the sick. The trumpet major's name was Christian Govey -

He hereby relinquishes every claim what- ever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state
Sworn to and subscribed to the day & year above
William his X Foster mark
M. S. Runsey Dep. Clk Steuben County
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states Geo. L. Edwards
Ezra Chapin Nunz Williams David C. Cook
I David Runsey Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Foster for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 16th day of Octo- ber 1832 D. Runsey

John Foster
Was
Born in July The 24 in the year of our Lord 1798
John Foster
Was Born
in October The 18 in the year of our Lord 1829
Rachel Foster
Was Born in
June the 15 in The year of our Lord 1801
Linley Foster
Was Born in
The 30 in the year of our Lord

   Sally Foster was Born in July the 10 in the year of our Lord 1806    Sally Foster Died in August the 20 in the year of our Lord 1806      William Foster was Born in July the 25 in the year of our Lord 1807       Hannah Foster was Born in May the 10 in the year of our Lord 1809       Sally Foster was Born in September the 1 in the year of our Lord 1811    

18900 John Martin. Act 7 July 1838 Ky
Act 7 July 1838 Magnus 1792 Rejected Mistranslated on 31 st Decem 1841

State of New York } On the 4 th day of May 1844 Personally Sussex County } appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Daniel Taylor and made oath in due form of law That about twenty one years since he married Rachael Foster daughter of Phoebe and William Foster who was a Revolutionary Pensioner but is now deceased, and that he has within six months past made search in the Town of Sparta, Sussex County New Jersey to find a Record of the Marriage of the said Phoebe Withman to William Foster which is sworn to have taken place in said Town on the first day of November 1792. and that upon such search he has been unable to find any record of such Marriage, that he was informed by the Authorities of the said State of New Jersey that there was no law at that time requiring persons marrying to record such Marriage that the said Phoebe and William Foster have resided in the family of this deponent for nine years past and said William until his death which took place at the time set forth in the said Phoebe's declaration. That the annals he has taken from an old Bible is a part of a family Record kept by the said Phoebe and William, that the other part of the Record containing their Marriage and the births of two of their children was torn out and lost as this deponent has been informed by the said Phoebe & William a number of years ago That the part of the Record herewith sent is in the hand writing of the said William Foster deceased.
Sworn and subscribed the 4 th day of May 1844 J. A. Johnson J.P. Before me,
J. A. Johnson J.P.
I certify that I am well acquainted with Daniel Taylor the person making the above deposition that he is a member in good standing in the Methodist Episcopal Church and consider a excellent and honest man, Given under my hand this 4 th day of May 1844 J. A. Johnson J.P.

State of New York
Steuben County ss I William Hamilton Clerk of the said County. do Certify that Constant Cook Esquire before whom the proceeding declaration of Phebe Taylor Foster purports to have been made and sworn, was at the date of the same One of the Judges of County Courts in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name Subscribed to the said declaration, and also to the certificate following the same, to be his proper hand writing and Signatures. And I further Certify that Samuel A Johnson Esquire whose name is Subscribed to the two preceding Affidavits, and before whom the said affidavits purport to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, One of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name Subscribed to the said affidavits, and also to the two Certificates following the said affidavits, to be his proper hand writing and Signatures.
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this fourth day of May in the year 1844. the word "Taylor" in 4 th line interlined, also the word "One" in 19 th line interlined
W m Hamilton Clerk
W m Hamilton

State of New York } On the 11 th day of May 1844. Steuben County } Personally before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Jonathan Boody a resident of the said County, and made oath in due form of law that he is 75 years of age, that prior to his removal into the State of New York he resided in the Town of Sparta Susque County New Jersey, that he was a resident of said Town from the year 1780 to the 1800. that he there married Mary Whitman sister of Phoebe Whitman but now widow of the late William Foster, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, that he was present at the marriage of the said Phoebe Whitman to the said William Foster that they were duly married in the said Town of Sparta by Francis Price who was then an acting Justice of the Peace and that he was reputed to be and continued to act as such Justice for some time after such Justice, that from circumstances which he now recollects, and from dates which he now has in his possession and has carefully examined he is confident that the said Phoebe and William Foster were married on the first day of November 1792. that the said Phoebe and William continued to live together as husband and wife for several years after in said Town, that the said Phoebe had several children by the said William the oldest of which now living is about fifty years of age. that he has known them in this State for the space of thirty years past and that they continued to sustain all the relations of husband and wife until the death of the said William which took place in 1841. This deponent further declares that he does not know of any other person then living that was present at the marriage of the said Phoebe and William but himself - Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written Before me J. A. Johnson S.P. Jonathan Boody

I certify that I have been acquainted with Jonathan Booly the person making the above Affidavit for some time past, that he is a man of good moral character and sustains a fair reputation for truth and veraci- ty in the neighbourhood where he resides - Given under my hand the day and year last above written.
J. A. Johnson J.P.

State of New York } On the 15 th day of May 1844 Steuben County p. 3 Personally appeared before the subscri- ber a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, Phoebe Foster, a resident of Wheeler in the county of Steuben, aged seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838. entitled An Act granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows, That she is the widow of William Foster who was a private in a company of light horse or cavalry that he served in said corps three years, that he drew a Pension of one hundred dollars per annum, under the act of 1832. that said Pension was paid at Albany in the State of New York. She further declares that she was married to the said William Foster on the first day of November 1792. That her husband the aforesaid William Foster died on the thirty first day of December 1841 That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January hundred and ninety four A.D. at the time above stated Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written Before Me.
Phoebe Foster mark
Constant Cook Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County I certify that Phoebe Foster the person making the above declaration is in my opinion unable to appear in open court by reason of advanced age and bodily infirmity Since mine hand the day and year above written. Constant Cook one of the Judges of Steuben County Common Pleas Courts

June 22, 1932.
Mrs. Charles V. Schmitt 29 Sheraton Building Buffalo, New York.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 22 William Foster W. 18883
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of William Foster, a pensioner of Steuben County, New York.
The data which follow are found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 18883, based upon service of William Foster in the Revolutionary War.
William Foster, while a resident of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, enlisted sometime in 1780, then only a youth, in Captain Solomon Pike's company, Colonel Milan's (probably meant for Moylan's) regiment of Dragoons and was discharged from service in June 1783; at the beginning of this service, he tried to "learn to blow the trumpet" but had not enough wind, then became a waiter to said Solomon Pike, was stationed first at Colchester in New England, then at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1782, and was discharged from service there. His entire service amounted to at least two years.
See also Strongsville Dragoons ca. he joined in 1782 in 1783
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 17, 1832, at which time he resided in Pultney, Steuben County, New York. The soldier was aged then sixty-six years; his date and place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.
William Foster died December 31, 1841 in Steuben County, New York. He had made his home for about nine years with his daughter, Rachel, and her husband Daniel Taylor.
The soldier married November 1, 1792, in Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey, Phebe Whitman (Witman); they lived for some years after their marriage in Sparta, New Jersey.

Phebe Foster, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed May 4, 1844, at which time she resided in Wheeler, Steuben County, New York. She was aged then seventy-two years; the date and place of her birth and the names of her parents are not shown. She was living there in 1848.
The following data are shown pertaining to the children of William Foster and his wife, Phebe:
   Sally  Foster, 1st child, born early in  1794, died at 3 months    ---  " 2nd " " in  1796, died in infancy.    John W.  " " July  24, 1799, died Oct. 18, 1829    Rachel  " " June  15, 1801    Lindley  " " August  30, 1803    Sally  " " July  2, 1806, died Aug. 20, 1806    William  " Jr. " July  25, 1807    Hannah  " " May  10, 1809.    George  " " September  6, 1810 or 1811(faded).   
In 1844, Rachel Taylor, the daughter noted above, had been married to her husband, Daniel Taylor, about twenty-one years; they had always lived near her parents, or with them.
In 1844, Jonathan Cooley, aged seventy-five years, resided in Steuben County, New York; he had married at Christmas 1793, in Sparta, New Jersey, Mary Whitman (Witman), the sister of Phebe who married the soldier, William Foster. Said Jonathan Cooley had lived in New Jersey until about 1800, after which he had resided in Steuben County, New York.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following:
Phebe Foster, widow of William Foster, Certificate #637 Issued July 6, 1848 Rate $100 per annum, commenced March 4, 1848. Act of February 2, 1848 New York Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Stamp gone when rec. in Rev. & 1812 Wars book
Dear Sirs,
Please send me a copy of the pension record of William Foster Revolutionary War Veteran as appeared in pension roll of Steub Co. N.Y., placed on pension in 1833 aged 67.
Sincerely Mrs Charles V. Schmitt, 29 Shoreham Blvd Buffalo, N.Y.

1938. June 22. Hist. to Mrs. Charles T. Schmitt - J.L.L.
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
19282
Phebe Foster
Widow of
William Foster
Dragon Rev War
Act:
Feb 24 48
Index:—Vol.
4
Page
248
[Arrangement of 1870.]

10950
Phoebe Foster Maw of William NY
act 7 July 1838
Resided husband 1841
Ad. 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844
Adm. 2 years per diem $100 00 per ann
L. S. Mr. Smith Present

7370. New York.
Hebe Foster, widow of William Foster, who was a private of dragoons, in the New York line.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Oct: 1845. and sent to J. L. & A. J. Smith
Present,
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
17 June 1844 Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 75.

10.950 Phebe Foster N.Y.
Inspr Ex to Mr. W. S. Ratch June 28. '46 Same Nov 1. 1846 Lot to Erectus & Minner Ferry Feb '45 Ex to H. M. H. W. Webb 15th '45 to S. L. H. J. Smith 26. Aug. 1845
Not of July '38

State of New York County of Steuben ss.
On this twentieth day of November in the year One Thousand eight hundred and forty four Personally appeared before me Samuel A. Johnson Esq. a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Steuben. Phebe Foster who being duly sworn according to law, says she was married to William Foster on the first day of November Seventeen hundred and ninety two - that their first child a daughter was born in the fore part of the year Seventeen hundred and ninety four. that the child died about three months after birth, and that their second child was born in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety six which died when an infant, and that the family record containing the births and deaths of their oldest children is lost and she does not now recollect the exact dates.
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before me S. A. Johnson J.P. } Phebe Foster Mark
State of New York County of Steuben ss.
On this twentieth day of November in the year One Thousand eight hundred and forty four Personally appeared before me Samuel A. Johnson Esq. a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County. Rachael Taylor who says she is the daughter of William Foster & Phebe Foster. aged forty three years. has always resided with or near her parents. That she has always heard it talked in the family and understood and believed that the two first children of her parents died when young - that the oldest one was a daughter and was called Sally - that she lived to be about three months old -
Sworn and subscribed to on the day and year above written before me S. A. Johnson } Rachel Taylor

I the said Justice of the Peace do hereby certify that I live near to am well acquainted with the within named Phebe Foster and Rachael Taylor who executed the affidavits and that they are both persons of truth and veracity, of good Moral Character and good and Competent witnesses - J A Johnson J.P.
State of New York County of Steuben ss. I William Hamilton Clerk of the said County do certify that Samuel A Johnson before whom the preceding two affidavits purports to have been sworn, and by whom the above Certificate was made was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County, And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits and Certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this 25 day of November 1844
Wm Hamilton Clerk

Prattsburgh Steuben Co. N.Y. Nov 22 d 1844
Herewith I send you two affidavits in amendment in the case of Phebe Foster's application for a pension which I hope and presume will be satisfactory. If I understand the failure in proof as stated in your letter of 28 th June last to the Hon. Wm. B. Hubble (which I have before me) it was that the piece of the record sent you did not contain the births of their two first Children - We did not rely upon that record - Only sent it as all that remained. You will please direct all future Communications in this Case to me at Prattsburgh Steuben Co. N.Y.
Your Obt Servt. Erastus Skinner

Nov 1 44
Rev. Hostetter New Bedford Mass
FREE M c . Daboll m.c.
L. S. Edwards Pension Office Washington City D.C.

Pratt's Knapp Oct 19. 1844.
Hon Mr S Hall
(Dear Sir)
Some time in the month of may last, I forwarded to you at Washington the Subscriptions of Mrs Waters, & Mrs Fortis for Turkey, and before Congress Adjourned you sent me a certificate for Mrs Waters, but I have not as yet received a word from Mrs Fortis, application, and as nearly 5 months has elapsed since her application was presented, I thought I would ask of you the favor to drop Mrs Edwards a line and call his attention to her application.
Yours Very Truly
S. A. L. Smith
Will Mr. Edwards please reply to me in the above request
W. L. G. (1844)
Bath 26. Oct 1844

Washington City D.C. Name of R.P.
18 May 1844
My dear Sir
I hand you a declaration from Phoebe Foster, it's a case from my county & I would regard it a favor to have immediate action
Respectfully yr. m: ov: yr.
Wm Lloyd
Col. J. S. Edwards

Washington City D.C. House of Reps! 28 Jan 1845.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir,
I have a letter from one of my constituents who desires me to enquire after Mrs Phebe Foster's Pension;
With Great Respect Yr m c ob t Serv t
W. C. Riddell

Aug 22, 1895.
Add to card
Phoebe Foster
+ Mary Gillat
p

Sir,
Washington D.C. 21 July 1845
We have the Honor to enclose additional testimony in the cases of Mrs. Phoebe Foster & Abigail Gillet, consisting of evidence of respectability of character of the witnesses, made under oath, to which is appended a certificate of the Hon. W. S. Habbell, the member of Congress from the District in which the parties reside.
We hope that the evidence will now be satisfactory & that certificates may be issued in these cases.
We are very respectfully Yrs. affec. Servt. J. L. & A. K. Smith.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm te of Pensions.

State of New York } Steuben County } ss
On the 23 rd day of September 1845 Personally came before me the subscriber one of the justices of the peace for the said county of Steuben Jonathan Cooley and made oath according to law that in 1844 he thinks the last of April or the first of May he made an affidavit that he was 75 years of age and resided in Sparta Sussex County New Jersey from about the year 1850 to 1860 at which time he removed to the state of New York where he has resided ever since, that during his residence in Sparta he was married to Mary Whitman and that Phoebe Whitman the sister of my wife was married to William Foster on the first day of November 1892 by a justice of the peace by the name of Francis Price I stated that I recollect the date of their marriage by dates I had in my recollection. My memory is distorted that they were married on the first of November and the dates to which I refer in said affidavit were that their marriage took place while I was executing my will. that we were married on Christmas 1893 and that they had been keeping house sometime before we were married and that they lost their first child which was born after we were married sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written. Jonathan Cooley A.D. Read Justice of the peace

I certify that I have been acquainted with Jonathan Cook, the within named deponent for the space of about twenty five years, that he is a man of good moral character and a person whose statements on oath may be fully relied upon -
Given under my hand the 23 day of Sept. 1845.
A. D. Read Justice of the Peace
State of New York Steuben County, p } I Paul C. Cook Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Arnold D. Read Esquire before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his names Subscribed to the said Affidavit and also his name Subscribed to the above Certificate to be his proper hand writing and Signature.
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 23 day of September 1845.
P. C. Cook Clerk By J. H. Waring Dep. Clerk

Sept 29, 1848.
Adalite can
Phila Foster
J. L. & A. J. Smith -

Washington D.C. 29 Sept 1845
Sir,
We transmit herewith the affidavit of Jonathan Cooley in the case of Mrs. Phoebe Foster of New York widow of William Foster, which proves that their marriage took place on the 1st day of November 1792. We hope that the evidence will prove satisfactory.
We are very respectfully Yrs affecly J. L. & A. H. Smith
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions

State of New York } On the 14 th day of June 1848. Steuben County } personally appeared before the subscribed Justice of the Peace in and for said County Phoebe Foster a resident of Wheeler in the County of Steuben aged seventy-five years who being first duly sworn, according to her oath on her oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 February 1848. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war that she is the widow of William Foster who was a private of Dragoons in the Revolutionary war and draw a pension of one hundred dollars per annum and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of the 17 th June 1846 was one hundred dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow Sworn to and subscribed on the 14 th day of June 1848 day and year above written Before me Mark John Smith J.P.
I certify that the above named declarant Phoebe Foster is personally known to me and that by reason of advanced age & bodily infirmity she cannot write her name. John Smith J.P.

State of New York } Steuben County Clerk's Office } P. S. Paul & Cook Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that John Smith Esquire before whom the preceding affidavits of Hannah Gillett, Hannah Lord, Mehloc Foster and Phebe Foster purports to have been sworn, was, at the date of each of the same, one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits to be his proper handwriting and signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this 23d day of June 1828 P. S. Paul Clerk

Prattsburgh N.Y.
Steuben County June 24. 1848.
Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir
Here with I send agree the declarations of Chloe Foster Phebe Foster Hannah Gillett & Hannah Doree for certificates of Pension under the act of 2 July 1848. any communi- in relation to either of the above names can be directed to me at Prattsburgh
Yours Respectfully
S. A. Johnson